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Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 5.5

Reports cover Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 release, emphasizing improved cost, speed and performance on prolonged, complex tasks and positioning it as a leading choice for advanced AI work.

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An Anthropology of the Sandbox

What a 2008 chemistry wiki, a colonial rat bounty and a Greek god with stolen cattle taught me about the Anthropology of AI agents that broke out this summer.

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Jev AI Decision Model Launches

Multiple reports cover the release of Jev, a fast, low-cost AI model designed to return decisions and confidence scores rather than generate text. Coverage highlights its early adoption and use in workflow decisions such as contact management and research filtering.

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